TAMPA, Fla. (October 2, 2024) – The University of South Florida women's soccer team is back on the pitch on Thursday for an American Athletic Conference contest with UAB. The Bulls (6-2-3, 1-1-2) and Blazers (5-3-2, 2-1-1) are slated for a 7 p.m. first touch on ESPN+ inside Corbett Stadium.
 
Thursday will be our Breast Cancer Awareness Match.
 
Taking Your Shot        
The Bulls are 35th in the NCAA with 17.36 shots per match, which is second in the AAC. USF is 28th in the country and is second in the conference with 8.18 shots on goal per match. The Bulls have tallied 20 or more shots in five of the 10 matches this season. USF has outshot its opponents in nine of the 11 matches this season. South Florida posted 23 shots against Stetson, 20 against UCF, 25 against FGCU, 40 against Southern, and 21 against Jacksonville. South Florida set a new Corbett Stadium record with 40 shots against Southern on August 21.
 
High-Octane Offense
The Bulls are tied for 87th in the NCAA with 20 goals, which is third in the conference. The 24 assists are tied for 37th in the nation and are fourth in the AAC. South Florida is tied for 69th in the country with 64 points, which is fourth in the conference. With 1.82 goals per match, the Bulls are tied for 86th in the country and are fourth in the conference in scoring offense.
 
Bulls at a Glance
Anna Sutter paces the squad with five goals, which is tied for 114th in the NCAA and tied for sixth in the conference. Her 12 points are tied for 146th in the NCAA and seventh in the AAC. Georgia Brown is second on the team with four goals and 10 points. Micahela Hill is third on the team with eight points, three goals and two assists. Sadie Sider-Echenberg has scored two goals on the season. Serita Thurton, Peyton Felton, Gentiana Fetaj, Sarah Brunner, Sophia Cabral, and Elyse Thornton each have one goal for the year. Fetaj and Thurton are tied for the team lead with three assists. Sutter, Brown, Hill, Sider-Echenberg, and Ava Rightmire are tied for third on the team with two assists. Eight players have dished out one assist on the year.
 
Defensively, Leire Herraez Gallach has picked up the decisions in all 11 matches and is 6-2-3 on the year. She has made 22 saves and surrendered five goals on the season. Her save percentage of .815 is tied for 78th in the NCAA and is second the AAC. Her goals against average of .516 is 26th in the country and second in the conference. She has five shutouts on the season, which is tied for 21st in the NCAA and tied for the most in the conference.  Logan McGruder has made five saves and has surrendered four goals in three matches.
 
Series History with UAB
USF and UAB will meet for the 11th time on Thursday. The Blazers lead the series 6-4-1, but the Bulls have won three of the last five meetings. South Florida won matchup last season 1-0 in Birmingham. USF is 1-4-1 at home against UAB.
 
Scouting the Tigers
Abbey Burns leads UAB with five goals, which is tied for 114th in the nation and tied for sixth in the conference. Her two match-winning goals are tied for 66th in the NCAA and tied for fourth in the AAC. She has a team-high 10 points. Sydney Bolinger is second on the team with five points, two goals and an assist. Maia Sirota, Abby Graeser, Mia Leach, and Jette Zimmer have each scored a goal for the Blazers. Sirota paces the team with two assists. Anika Toth has played all 10 matches in goal for UAB. She has made 39 saves and has surrendered 10 goals.
 
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American Standings
1. North Texas – 7-3-2, 3-1-0
2. Rice – 9-2-1, 3-1-0
3. Memphis – 7-1-1, 2-0-1
4. East Carolina – 5-2-4, 2-1-1
5. UAB – 5-3-2, 2-1-1
6. South Florida 6-2-3, 1-1-2
7. Florida Atlantic – 2-6-3, 1-2-1
8. UTSA – 6-5-1, 1-3-0
9. Tulsa – 5-5-2, 1-2-0
10. Charlotte 1-6-4, 0-1-2
11. Temple – 2-10-0, 0-3-0

About South Florida Women's Soccer
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The 2024 season will be the first with Chris Brown at the helm. He spent the last 17 seasons as the associate head coach. Brown helped lead the Bulls to three AAC regular season titles, three AAC Tournament titles, and eight NCAA Tournament appearances – winning a conference title every year from 2017-21 while making five straight NCAA appearances during that period. Brown helped lead the Bulls to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010, a program-record 16 wins and program-best NCAA Tournament third-round appearance in 2019, both conference regular season and tournament titles in 2020, and a string of 10 straight seasons with 10 or more wins (2012-21). Brown has helped lead the Bulls to every NCAA appearance in program history, including two appearances in the second round, and three AAC Championship Game appearances.
 
As associate head coach, he mentored the program's first All-American and recent USF Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Evelyne Viens, who went on to earn three total All-America honors and an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian National Team at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. Goalie Sydney Martinez (2020) and forward Sydny Nasello (2020 and 2021) also earned All-America honors and were among the Bulls that have earned a total of eight AAC Offensive Player of the Year, AAC Midfielder of the Year, AAC Defensive Player of the Year or AAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Players he has coached hold every program's individual record and most, if not all, of the top 10 marks in every category.

 
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